Magnetic imaging at linearly polarized x-ray sources

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 13608-13615

  Pfau, Bastian ^a,b   Günther, Christian M ^a,b   Könnecke, René ^b   Guehrs, Erik ^a   Hellwig, Olav ^c   Schlotter, William F ^d,e   Eisebitt, Stefan ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c HITACHI AMERICA LTD   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHROISM; ELECTRON SOURCES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; MAGNETISM; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY OPTICS; X RAYS;

HIGH RESOLUTION; LINEARLY POLARIZED; MAGNETIC IMAGING; MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTIALLY COHERENT; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM; X-RAY POLARIZATIONS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; RADIOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY;

ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAYS;

EID: 77953823440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.013608     Document Type: Article

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